Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1998

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Austin	120
2	Jacob	114
3	Tyler	79
4	Matthew	74
5	Michael	72
6	Zachary	71
7	Nicholas	63
8	Andrew	62
8	Dylan	62
10	Hunter	56
11	Ethan	55
12	Logan	54
13	Noah	52
14	Tanner	51
15	Jordan	50
16	Joshua	49
17	Alexander	47
17	Samuel	47
19	Daniel	46
19	Kyle	46
21	Justin	44
22	John	43
22	Trevor	43
24	Joseph	42
25	Anthony	41

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Brandon	41
25	Christopher	41
25	Cody	41
25	Cole	41
30	Caleb	40
31	Alex	39
31	Chase	39
33	Connor	36
33	Nathan	36
33	Ryan	36
33	Thomas	36
37	Mason	35
38	James	34
38	Jesse	34
40	Adam	33
41	William	32
42	Riley	30
42	Spencer	30
44	David	29
45	Benjamin	28
46	Isaac	27
47	Aaron	26
48	Dalton	25
48	Seth	25
50	Brady	24
50	Lucas	24
52	Cameron	23
52	Gabriel	23
54	Christian	22
54	Derek	22
56	Jackson	21
56	Robert	21
56	Taylor	21
59	Carter	20
59	Colton	20
59	Jared	20
59	Parker	20
63	Blake	19
63	Jonathan	19
63	Levi	19
63	Mitchell	19
63	Tristan	19
68	Bryce	18
68	Dawson	18
68	Sean	18
68	Wyatt	18
72	Alec	17
72	Chance	17
72	Devin	17
72	Eric	17
72	Jason	17
77	Collin	16
77	Elijah	16
77	Landon	16
77	Lane	16
77	Nathaniel	16
77	Ty	16
83	Dillon	15
83	Evan	15
83	Garrett	15
83	Ian	15
83	Isaiah	15
83	Kaleb	15
83	Trey	15
90	Luke	14
91	Casey	13
91	Clayton	13
91	Jack	13
91	Kobe	13
91	Mark	13
91	Micah	13
97	Bailey	12
97	Chandler	12
97	Marcus	12
97	Maxwell	12
97	Payton	12
97	Tate	12
97	Timothy	12
97	Travis	12
97	Tucker	12